diff --git a/AMDiS/src/AMDiS.h b/AMDiS/src/AMDiS.h
index 82b62be99f93f9967c9ee4865fff951452e3e080..1a873c9a110c196886acfb0455f5c64d2ceffe32 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/AMDiS.h
+++ b/AMDiS/src/AMDiS.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
 #if HAVE_PARALLEL_DOMAIN_AMDIS
 #include "parallel/InteriorBoundary.h"
 #include "parallel/MpiHelper.h"
+#include "parallel/StdMpi.h"
 
 #if HAVE_PARALLEL_MTL4
 #include "parallel/Mtl4Solver.h"
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/AdaptInstationary.cc b/AMDiS/src/AdaptInstationary.cc
index 2cef837795c42efc5818b5af42f0d9ae46041716..c402888a53b95f732781f327c1de15973ba85ca6 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/AdaptInstationary.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/AdaptInstationary.cc
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ namespace AMDiS {
       MSG("Deserialization from file: %s\n", queueSerializationFilename.c_str());
 
       std::ifstream in(queueSerializationFilename.c_str() , ios::in);
+
+      // Read the revision number of the AMDiS version which was used to create 
+      // the serialization file.
+      int revNumber = -1;
+      SerUtil::deserialize(in, revNumber);
+      
       deserialize(in);
       in.close();
 
@@ -108,6 +114,12 @@ namespace AMDiS {
 
 	MSG("Deserialization with AdaptInfo from file: %s\n", serializationFilename.c_str());
 	std::ifstream in(serializationFilename.c_str());
+
+	// Read the revision number of the AMDiS version which was used to create 
+	// the serialization file.
+	int revNumber = -1;
+	SerUtil::deserialize(in, revNumber);
+
 	deserialize(in);
 	in.close();
       }
@@ -372,7 +384,6 @@ namespace AMDiS {
   {
     FUNCNAME("AdaptInstationary::serialize()");
 
-    SerUtil::serialize(out, amdisRevisionNumber);
     problemIteration->serialize(out);
     adaptInfo->serialize(out);
     if (problemTime)
@@ -383,8 +394,10 @@ namespace AMDiS {
   void AdaptInstationary::deserialize(std::istream &in)
   {
     FUNCNAME("AdaptInstationary::deserialize()");
-    if(in.fail())
-      ERROR_EXIT("File not found for deserialization  \n");
+
+    if (in.fail())
+      ERROR_EXIT("File not found for deserialization!\n");
+
     problemIteration->deserialize(in);
     adaptInfo->deserialize(in);
     if (problemTime)
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.hh b/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.hh
index 94cf9fa622236be8496c9cf0decbecc124717a60..7ca24888e32a054b2d6e6123da999202c9d52d39 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.hh
+++ b/AMDiS/src/DOFVector.hh
@@ -120,10 +120,10 @@ namespace AMDiS {
   {
     if (this->feSpace && this->feSpace->getAdmin())
       (this->feSpace->getAdmin())->removeDOFIndexed(this);
-
+    
     if (this->boundaryManager)
       delete this->boundaryManager;
-
+    
     vec.clear();
   }
 
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/Initfile.cc b/AMDiS/src/Initfile.cc
index 72899ec6da7c9401fbd6d0d1cd9b67f44a4dffda..c5a063457f75d8dc5c00082475f50690ed0d290e 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/Initfile.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/Initfile.cc
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ namespace AMDiS {
     {
       size_t pos = line.find(':');
       if (pos == string::npos) {
-        throw runtime_error("cannot find the delimiter ':' in line "
-            "'" + line + "'");
+	throw runtime_error("cannot find the delimiter ':' in line "
+			    "'" + line + "'");
       }
       name = line.substr(0, pos);
       value = line.substr(pos + 1, line.length() - (pos + 1));
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace AMDiS {
       // remove everything after the %
       pos = value.find('%');
       if (pos != string::npos)
-        value = value.substr(0, pos);
+        value = value.substr(0, pos);      
     }
     string name;
     string value;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ namespace AMDiS {
     char swap[line_length];
     in.getline(swap, line_length);
     while (in.good() || in.gcount()>0) {
-      std::string whitespaces = " \t\r\f";
+      std::string whitespaces = " \t\r\f\n";
       std::string sw(swap);
       size_t pos0 = sw.find_first_not_of(whitespaces);
 
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/ProblemStat.cc b/AMDiS/src/ProblemStat.cc
index 348423d923406c7acb5552b01c66b6d3ad978bfd..79bc39b8b05cf4a211401c63e60c7cffd04ec924 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/ProblemStat.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/ProblemStat.cc
@@ -217,9 +217,14 @@ namespace AMDiS {
 #ifndef HAVE_PARALLEL_DOMAIN_AMDIS
 	MSG("Deserialization from file: %s\n", serializationFilename.c_str());
 	ifstream in(serializationFilename.c_str());
+
+	// Read the revision number of the AMDiS version which was used to create 
+	// the serialization file.
+	int revNumber = -1;
+	SerUtil::deserialize(in, revNumber);
+
 	deserialize(in);
 	in.close();
-
 #endif
 
 	deserialized = true;
@@ -1697,8 +1702,8 @@ namespace AMDiS {
   void ProblemStatSeq::deserialize(istream &in) 
   {
     FUNCNAME("ProblemStat::deserialize()");
-    if(in.fail())
-      ERROR_EXIT("File not found for deserialization  \n");
+    if (in.fail())
+      ERROR_EXIT("File not found for deserialization!\n");
 
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < meshes.size(); i++)
       meshes[i]->deserialize(in);
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/parallel/MeshDistributor.cc b/AMDiS/src/parallel/MeshDistributor.cc
index b55ad5bf09c5a707eb3628fa157d4a05a850b6fe..937ea8b371d725fecdb36b095317291edef2f02d 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/parallel/MeshDistributor.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/parallel/MeshDistributor.cc
@@ -349,6 +349,11 @@ namespace AMDiS {
     if (feSpace != NULL) {
       vector<FiniteElemSpace*> feSpaces = probStat->getFeSpaces();
       for (unsigned int i = 0; i < feSpaces.size(); i++) {
+	MSG("MESH %p <-> %p   BF %p <-> %p\n",
+	    feSpace->getMesh(),
+	    feSpaces[i]->getMesh(),
+	    feSpace->getBasisFcts(),
+	    feSpaces[i]->getBasisFcts());
 	TEST_EXIT(feSpace == feSpaces[i])
 	  ("Parallelizaton is not supported for multiple FE spaces!\n");
       }
@@ -409,6 +414,11 @@ namespace AMDiS {
       TEST_EXIT(!in.fail())("Could not open deserialization file: %s\n",
 			    filename.c_str());
 
+      // Read the revision number of the AMDiS version which was used to create 
+      // the serialization file.
+      int revNumber = -1;
+      SerUtil::deserialize(in, revNumber);
+
       probStat->deserialize(in);
       in.close();
       MSG("Deserialization from file: %s\n", filename.c_str());
@@ -424,6 +434,11 @@ namespace AMDiS {
       
       TEST_EXIT(!in.fail())("Could not open parallel deserialization file: %s\n",
 			    filename.c_str());
+
+      // Read the revision number of the AMDiS version which was used to create 
+      // the serialization file.
+      revNumber = -1;
+      SerUtil::deserialize(in, revNumber);
       
       deserialize(in);
       in.close();